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WALLS THAT CAN TALK... DREAM, UTOPIA OR FANTASY? TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD, AND I, I TOOK THE LESS TRAVELED BY, THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE... ROBERT FROST CITY MUSEUM FOR ISTANBUL by ELIF ERTEKIN A THESIS PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE APPROVED BY: PAUL EMMONS JAAN HOLT MARCO FRASCARI Commitee Member Chairman Commitee Member BRIAN KANE SUSAN PIEDMONT-PALLADINO Commitee Member Commitee Member JUNE 04, 2004 WAAC ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA i COPYRIGHT 2005, ELIF ERTEKIN ABSTRACT Victor Hugo Victor MY THESIS; “ CITY MUSEUM FOR ISTANBUL” TELLS THE STORY OF ISTANBUL . THE PROJECT; FROM ITS PLANS TO ITS ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS IS DESIGNED BY A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CITY AND ITS LONG HISTORY. EVERY DETAIL THAT HAS BEEN INSERTED IN THE BUILDING HAS BEEN USED IN ISTANBUL, IS A PROOF OF SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY AND monument in this and its page ght has its THE TASTE OF ITS PEOPLE. THE MOST STRIKING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE MUSEUM IS; ITS GIANT AND POWERFUL WALLS. THE IDEA OF USING WALLS CAME FROM THE FACT THAT ISTANBUL WAS FOUNDED AS A WALLED CITY. FOLLOWING THE HISTORY OF ISTANBUL, I PICKED UP THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE CITY AND WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ORIGINAL FUNCTIONS, I USED THEM IN MY DESIGN. THE CITY WALLS WERE JUST THE BEGINNING; THEY HELPED ME TO DIVIDE MY SITE INTO DIFFERENT PARTS, DEFINING SPACES AND HANDLING EVERY FUNCTION IN THE MUSEUM. FROM EXHIBITION AREAS TO COURTYARDS, OFFICES TO THE CAFETERIAS EVERYTHING HAPPENS BETWEEN THE NARROW, HIGH AND MASSIVE WALLS. THEIR APPEARANCES AND THE MATERIALS CHANGE DEPEND- ING ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES; THAT IS HOW THEY START TO TALK AND WHERE THE JOURNEY OF ISTANBUL BEGINS... CITY MUSEUM FOR ISTANBUL BY . ELIF ERTEKIN . immense book Architecture had always been the handwriting of the human race. That not only every religious symbol but even every human thou Architecture had always been the handwriting of the human race. ii DEDICATION THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY FAMILY WITH DEEPEST LOVE AND APPRECIATION; TO MY MOTHER ISIK ERTEKIN TO MY BROTHER ERGUN ERTEKIN AND TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER ERDOGAN ERTEKIN iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pablo picasso pablo I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY COMPLETING MY DREAM; FIRST AND FOREMOST, I MUST THANK MY MOTHER ISIK ERTEKIN AND MY BROTHER ERGUN ERTEKIN FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PATIENCE, SUPPORT AND ENDLESS LOVE. WITHOUT THEM, I WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE IT. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME STRONG, BELIEVING IN ME AND LETTING ME DO SO EVERYDAY. I LOVE YOU BOTH. I WANT TO THANK MY THESIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE; JAAN HOLT, PAUL EMMONS, MARCO FRASCARI, SUSAN PIEDMONT-PALLADINO AND BRIAN KANE. JAAN; I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS, I ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THEM AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU. THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME EVERYTIME I NEEDED YOU AT MY DESK, MAKING ME STRUGGLE WITH QUESTIONS AND ALWAYS HELPING ME FIND OUT THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS. PAUL; THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ASKING ME THE RIGHT ISSUES AND KEEPING ME ON TRACK WITH MY INITIAL THOUGHTS. EVERY DISCUSSION WAS A FULFILLMENT FOR ME, AND WORKING IN A BIG SITE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SO ENJOYABLE IF I WAS NOT WORKING WITH YOU. MARCO; YOUR STORIES WERE ALWAYS AN INSPIRATION FOR ME AND THEY ALWAYS LEAD ME TO AN ANSWER WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE AN ENJOYABLE JOURNEY. SUSAN; THINKING ABOUT MY CITY ALONG WITH YOU, MADE ME FIGURE OUT THE ESSENTIALS I NEEDED; AFTER EVERY CRITIC I HAD WITH YOU, I REALIZED A NEW CONCERN TO PRESENT IN MY MUSEUM. BRIAN, MY COURTYARDS AND PLAZA WHICH GAVE ME SO MUCH PLEASURE AT THE END, IS A RESULT OF OUR LONG DISCUSSIONS. YOUR BELIEF IN MY LANDSCAPE DESIGN MADE ME MORE PASSIONATE TO FIND A SOLUTION. AS FOR THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW, I MUST THANK THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTRIBUTED MANY LONG DAYS AND NIGHTS OF FRIENDSHIP, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR MY FINAL SHOW; JENNIFER JOHNSON, ALEJANDRO SANTOS, NATALIA GARCIA MONTAGNA, GEORGE MAKRINOS, MAGDELENA EUGUES, LUCIA GENOUD, PAUL KOMAR, CAROLINA DAYER, IRENE NAPFLIOTIS, CECILIA DE LA VEGA, LAURA CROCE AND CLAIRE ANDREAS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE TIMES THAT WE SHARED TOGETHER. Anything you can imagine is real. FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK ISTANBUL- THE BEST PLACE TO BE- FOR INSPIRING ME TO COMMIT TO AND RESPECT ARCHITECTURE. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELUDE: TITLE PAGE .............................................................................. i ABSTRACT ............................................................................. ii DEDICATION................................................................. ............ iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................ iv PROCESS: CHAPTER INTERPRETING THE CITY CHAPTER 5 DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WALLS CHAPTER 1 THE ESSENTIALS OF ISTANBUL AND THE SITE 2 IDENTIFICATION OF THE WALLS.......................................34 THE CITY...ISTANBUL................................................. 1 THE SITE AS A MAP................................................... 14 THE JOURNEY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS............37 THE WALL............................................................... 2 NAMING THE WALLS.................................................. 17 THICKNESS OF THE WALLS.............................................39 CITY WALLS OF ISTANBUL.......................................... 3 INSIDE THESE WALLS................................................. 18 VICTOR HUGO; THIS WILL KILL THAT...........................4 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WALLS.................................21 PROPOSAL: THE SITE DISTRICT...BEYOGLU................................... 5 THE FLOW OF THE WALLS OF THE CITY.........................22 THE SITE................................................................. 6 THE PLAZA AND THE ENTRANCE................................ 23 CHAPTER 6 AND THE WALLS TALK SITE PICTURES..........................................................7 CHAPTER 3 THE FIRST STOP THE FINAL SHOW ... WALLS TALK......................... 41 WALLS SURROUND MANY THINGS................................ 8 FIRST STOP IN THE JOURNEY OF THE CITY.................. 24 DETAILS OF THE CITY................................................ 49 THE MAIN PERIODS OF ISTANBUL................................ 9 THE CONNECTION................................................... 25 FINAL SHOW............................................................ 58 THE PROGRAM..........................................................10 WHAT WALLS WANT TO SAY........................................ 27 THE WALL AND THE SITE ........................................... 11 POSTLUDE: DISTRICTS OF ISTANBUL............................................ 12 CHAPTER 4 WORDS OF THE WALLS WALLS HAVE FEELINGS.............................................. 13 LAYERS OF THE WALLS.............................................. 30 CREDITS....................................................................................60 TWO DIFFERENT SCALES OF THE WALLS....................... 31 VITA........................................................................................ 62 PARTS OF THE MASTER PLAN.......................................33 v THE CITY OF ISTANBUL ISTANBUL, ONCE KNOWN AS THE CAPITAL OF CAPITAL CITIES, TODAY, EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE CAPITAL OF TURKEY ANYMORE, ISTANBUL REMAINS ITS LARGEST CITY AND VIBRATES IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE WORLD TO SPAN TWO CONTINENTS, WITH THE ENERGY OF A MODERN METROPOLIS. AND THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE BEEN A CAPITAL DURING TWO IN ADDITION TO BEING THE COMMERCIAL CENTER, THE CITY CONSECUTIVE EMPIRES; BYZANTINE AND OTTOMAN. IT IS ALSO CLAIMS ITSELF AS THE ARTS CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY. SUPPORTING A MIXTURE OF HIGH AND POPULAR CULTURE, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND GREATEST CITIES OF THE ISTANBUL MAINTAINS WORLD-CLASS MUSEUMS AND WORLD WITH ONE ARM REACHING OUT TO ASIA AND THE OTHER ANNUALLY HOSTS A SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS EACH 1.3. .Esma Sultan Mosque TO EUROPE. THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY, RUNS THE CELEBRATING ONE OF THE PERFORMING OR VISUAL ARTS. MARMARA SEA KNOWN AS THE BOSPHORUS. DUE TO HER GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, ISTANBUL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A 1.1.Galata Tower FAVORABLE SETTLEMENT FOR HUMAN BEINGS STARTING FROM THE EARLY AGES. THE CITY HAS BECOME A CENTER WHERE VARIOUS CULTURES AND RELIGIONS ARE COMBINED, SURVIVED AND SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER AND ITS BEAUTY LIES IN ITS 1.4. View of Golden Horn ABILITY TO EMBRACE ITS CONTRADICTIONS; ANCIENT AND MODERN, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR, ASIA AND EUROPE, MYSTICAL AND EARTHLY ALL COEXIST IN THE CITY. THIS CULTURAL STRUCTURE WHICH ENABLES A GOOD NUMBER OF ELEMENTS THAT CONTRADICT WITH EACH OTHER AND YET 1.2. Location of Istanbul EXIST TOGETHER EVEN ONE IN ANOTHER, IS A PRODUCTION OF AN ACCUMULATION OF LONG HISTORY. THE CITY HAS BEEN 1.5. Sultan Ahmet Mosque CONQUERED, FOUGHT OVER AND REBUILT MANY TIMES OVER THE CENTURIES. THE HISTORY OF ISTANBUL DATES BACK TO THE 3RD MILLENNIUM BC. TODAY, THE CITY DEFINES A GREAT CITY, NOT ONLY WITH HER POPULATION AND THE AREA SHE COVERS BUT ALSO WITH THE VARIETY OF CULTURES SHE BRINGS TOGETHER. 1.6. Courtyard in Beyoglu 1.7. Taksim- Beyoglu 1.8. Dolmabahce Palace 1 THE WALL ...walled towns are unique inheritances from times long past and should be treasured, maintained and safeguarded from neglect and destruction and passed on to perpetuity as irreplaceable timestones of history... Piran Declaration THE WALL DEFINES TERRITORIES, IT DIVIDES TWO SPACES, EACH OF WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT CONTENT. THE